Chris Evans

Actor Chris Evans began his acting career in typical fashion, but it was his rapid rise to stardom which was unusual. Bitten by the acting bug in the first grade, Evans started out appearing in school...
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As the Marvel Cinematic Universe takes over the real universe, we decided to take a look at some aspects of the Marvel World you may not be familiar with. How many of these facts did you know?
1. When Robert Downey Jr. was in high school, he was once suspended for tearing a classmate's comic book to pieces and calling him a "nerd." The comic book? The Invincible Iron Man.
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2. Famous loner Wolverine has actually been on more super teams than any other Marvel character.
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3. It was revealed in the 1980s that Peter Parker, Spider-Man's secret identity, grew up at 20 Ingram Street in Forest Hills, Queens.
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That address, in real life, has been owned by an actual Parker family since 1974.
4. Vin Diesel recorded all his "I am Groot" lines over 1,000 times in multiple languages in order for his voice to fit the role around the world.
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He said "I am groot" in Russian, Spanish, Mandarin, Portuguese, German, and French, all while wearing stilts to get a feel for the character's height.
5. Iron Man's suit is made up of roughly 450 separate pieces.
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6. Natalia Romanova, also known as Black Widow, is still a super hottie thanks to a variation of the super-soldier serum.
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She's actually 70 years old though. Da-yum.
7. Chris Evans turned down the role of Captain America three times before the producers eventually convinced him to accept it.
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8. Mark Ruffalo had to leave to the premiere of The Avengers early because his four-year-old daughter was so terrified of her father's onscreen transformation into the Hulk. We don't blame her!
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9. For Thor: The Dark World, there were over 30 Mjölnirs (Thor's hammer) created.
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10. Michael Jackson tried to buy Marvel Comics in the early 90s. He was planning to produce and star in a Spider-Man movie that never happened. Wouldn't that be crazy?
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11. Deadpool originated as a spoof of DC Comic's Deathstroke. That's why Deadpool's real name, Wade Wilson, is so similar to Deathstroke's, Slade Wilson.
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12. A body double was used for Chris Evans in Captain America: The First Avenger for the scenes where he's skinny.
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Digital technology was utilized in order to erase Evans' body in order to create the allusion of a tiny, tiny version of the actor.
13. Red Skull, Captain America's nemesis, was created after Joe Simon noticed the cherry on his ice cream sundae resembled a skull. Such delicious beginnings for such an evil guy, no?
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14. The chemicals from the blue make-up used to transform Rebecca Romijn into Mystique caused her to yak blue vomit all over Hugh Jackman after taking a tequila shot.
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The celebrations on the final day of the first film were a little tainted by it.
15. In 1987, Spider-Man married Mary Jane. To coincide with the nuptials, Marvel held a press event featuring live-action versions of the characters getting married at Shea Stadium.
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16. Cyclops' eyes function as a portal to another dimension that generates the energy used for his optic blasts. He's also immune to his powers, which is why he doesn't blast his own eyelids off.
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17. Marvel evaded a law raising taxes on toys based on humans by claiming the X-Men toys were mutants, not humans. Clever, clever!
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18. In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Falcon's flight gear has a Stark Industries logo on it.
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19. The Punisher was originally created as an adversary for Spider-Man before getting his own standalone comic in 1986.
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20. Believe it or not, the richest superhero is not the incredibly wealthy Tony Stark (Iron Man); it's actually Black Panther. He has 5 times Stark's fortune, $500 billion.
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21. When Stan Lee initially pitched Spider-Man, his publishers thought it would fail because nobody wants to see a teenage hero (and, obvi nobody likes spiders).
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The first issue quickly became one of Marvel's highest-selling comics.
22. Captain America is one of the few people able to use Iron Man's armor, Thor's hammer, and only one of two foreigners entrusted with the Black Panther's technology. No wonder everyone loves Captain America so much!
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23. Wolverine can literally sense when someone's lying. He can also super easily identify shape-shifters.
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24. Captain America's shield can only be damaged on a molecular level because it's made of an adamantium/vibranium alloy.
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25. For everyone heartbroken when Gwen Stacy died in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, prepare for more heartbreak.
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There was debate over whether she met her end at the hands of the Green Goblin throwing her off the bridge or if it was Spider-Man's fault. It was eventually revealed that Spidey's web stopped her so suddenly that she was killed by a whiplash effect. :(
26. The Incredible Hulk was not originally the green giant we've come to know and love. He started out grey, but due to ink problems in printing, we have our green guy.
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27. Venom was originally written as a female character.
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Writer David Michelle was forced by his editor to alter the character's gender because "readers wouldn't see the woman as a physical threat" to Spidey. Rude.
28. Robert Downey Jr. gave a seven-year-old boy born with a partially developed arm a prosthetic modeled after his character's super-powered gauntlets.
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This, along with the incredibly generous and kind behavior of Chris Evans, Chris Pratt, Andrew Garfield, et al, help to make these Marvel actors real life superheroes. And for that, we love them.
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Actors Chris Pratt and Chris Evans stunned patients at Seattle Children's Hospital in Washington on Saturday (07Mar15) by turning up for a surprise visit.
The stars posed for photographs with the youngsters, signed autographs and met with the patient's families. Evans went dressed as his on-screen superhero Captain America in a bid to cheer the youngsters up.
Later that day he wrote on Twitter.com, "Amazing day at @seattlechildren (with Chris Pratt). Met some true super heroes! Feeling inspired, blessed, touched. Thank you w (with) all my heart." A statement released by patient Oskar Beechum's mother Kelli reads, "Meeting them was a nice reprieve for us. So many of our visitors are doctors, and the conversations are medical. I can't wait to watch the Captain America movie with Oskar. It will be like he knows him personally now."
The visit comes a month after Pratt made good on his Super Bowl bet against Evans to dress up as his Guardians of the Galaxy character Star-Lord during a visit to a children's cancer facility in Boston, Massachusetts.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Interstellar lead the nominations for this year's (15) Saturn Awards. Officials at the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror unveiled the nominations on Thursday (05Mar15) and Marvel's 2014 Captain America sequel leads the way with 11 nods, one more than Matthew McConaughey's space drama Interstellar.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier picked up nominations for Best Comic Book-to-Film Release, Best Actor (Chris Evans), Best Director (Anthony & Joe Russo), Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor (Samuel L. Jackson and Anthony Mackie) and Best Supporting Actress (Scarlett Johansson).
Interstellar's 10 nominations include nods for Best Science Fiction Film, Best Director (Christopher Nolan), Best Actor (Matthew McConaughey), Best Actress (Anne Hathaway) and Best Supporting Actress (Jessica Chastain).
Meanwhile Guardians of the Galaxy, which will compete with the Captain America sequel for Best Comic Book-to-Movie, picked up eight nominations, including Best Actor (Chris Pratt) and Best Director (James Gunn).
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes also claimed eight nominations, including Best Science Fiction Film, Best Director and Best Visual Effects. Edge of Tomorrow and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies each scored seven nominations.
The awards will be presented in Burbank, California on 25 June (15).

It's common in Hollywood for actors to fall in love after playing a couple in a movie, just look at Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. But what about the actors who quietly work with their significant others? We think it's more interesting to play "Spot The Spouse" when watching a movie or TV show.
Anna Faris and Chris Pratt - What's Your Number? and Take Me Home Tonight
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Everyone now knows that Anna &amp; Chris are married, given Chris' extremely successful 2014 with The Lego Movie and as Star-Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy. But back when Anna was in her prime rom-com streak, she starred in What's Your Number? with Chris Evans as her leading man, and her husband of 2 years (at the time) as one of her "disgusting" ex-boyfriends. The couple met in 2007 on the set of the move Take Me Home Tonight, which didn't have a theatrical release until 2011.
Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman - Parks and Recreation and Will &amp; Grace
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Bet you didn't realize that Tammy 2 is actually married to Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman) in real life. The couple has been married since 2003, having met in 2000 while working on a play together in L.A. Over the course of the 7 seasons of Parks &amp; Rec, Megan has played Swanson's crazy ex-wife Tammy. During the fourth season of Will &amp; Grace, Offerman had a guest spot on his wife's popular show.
Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka - How I Met Your Mother
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NPH starred on this show for 9 years and his husband (boyfriend at the time of his first appearance), David Burtka, appeared on the show as the crazy obsessed ex-boyfriend of Lily (Alyson Hannigan) that was not ready to let her go.
Cobie Smulders and Taran Killam - How I Met Your Mother
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Taran made his first appearance on Cobie's hit show in 2006, when they were still dating. He appeared on the show several times, before and after their 2009 wedding, as one of Barney's co-workers. He made a final appearance in 2014 during the episode "The End of the Aisle."
Charlie Day and Mary Elizabeth Ellis - It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Reno 911!
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Charlie is married to the waitress! Charlie and Mary Elizabeth Ellis met in 2001, but began dating in 2004 and married by 2006. They first appeared as an incestuous twins on Reno 911! before It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia began in 2006, on which Charlie is a main character on and Mary has played "the waitress" throughout the series.
Steve and Nancy Carell - The Office, The Daily Show, and The 40 Year Old Virgin
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This couple met back in the early 90s when Steve Carrell performed with the troupe The Second City and Nancy was one of his students. They first worked together as correspondents on The Daily Show, before Steve was a leading man. Nancy played a health clinic counselor in The 40-Year-Old Virgin. Later on The Office, she first played Steve's character's girlfriend, Carol Stills, on the show (but that relationship didn't work out), who was also a realtor.
Adam and Jackie Sandler - Most Adam Sandler movies
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After meeting through Rob Schneider after working on Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigalo, Adam Sandler gave Jackie a role in his film Big Daddy and she's appeared in many of his films since, such as: 50 First Dates, Eight Crazy Nights, Grown Ups, and more. The couple got married in 2003 and have two children together.
Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor - Zoolander and Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
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You've probably noticed a pattern of Christine Taylor popping up in many Ben Stiller films, such as the two above, as well as Tropic Thunder. Usually, she plays the girl that Ben Stiller's character wants to get with (and doesn't, except for Zoolander), but you probably didn't realize they have been married since 2000.
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British radio and TV presenter Chris Evans is bringing back entertainment show Tfi Friday for a live special, to celebrate its 20th anniversary. The programme aired in the U.K. from 1996 to 2000 and the one-off special will air in June (15).

Not Another Teen Movie came out 14 years ago but it's still extremely relevant - and hilarious - to this day. High school movies are so played out.
1. This magical 10 Things I Hate About You reference will never get old:
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"Sing a song with her name in it."
2. This very meta Pretty In Pink moment:
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3. No 80's teen movie was safe:
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4. This movie perfected the arrogant, star jock:
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5. And the unique girl who didn't "fit" into any high school clique:
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6. It really calls out what it means to be popular:
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7. It had very appropriate teenage reading materials:
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8. This was Chris Evans greatest acting achievement to date:
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9. Or maybe it was this one:
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10. It had the tortured artist mourning the loss of a parent:
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11. And cheerleaders who definitely did not steal this routine:
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12. They were the cheerleaders that knew how to bring "it":
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13. Jake's dad had the perfect way to cheer him up:
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14. It made fun of how people actually use slang words:
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15. This movie even had the "token" black guy:
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16. This punch sequence is now infamous:
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17. It nailed every movie makeover ever:
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18. It perfectly got how we all feel about teen movies:
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What's your favorite quote from Not Another Teen Movie? Tweet us your answers!
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Actress/singer Mandy Moore spent Valentine's Day (14Feb15) at a ranch retreat with her best friend Minka Kelly weeks after confirming she had split from rocker husband Ryan Adams. A representative for Moore and Adams announced the couple had "mutually decided" to end its almost six-year marriage last month (Jan15), and legal papers subsequently revealed Moore and Adams had actually separated in August (14).
Moore decided not to spend her first post-marriage Valentine's Day weekend alone and recruited her gal pal Kelly for a girls' trip to The Ranch at Live Oak Malibu in California.
The friends documented their activities, including hiking, with snaps on their Instagram.com pages.
In one of Moore's first posts, she donned breathing apparatus, hooked up to a variety of wires, for a comedy treadmill shot, captioned, "Super creepers, blurry photo but testing my fitness acumen to assess how I can properly push myself over the next few days."
On Saturday (14Feb15), Moore added another snap of Kelly resting her head on her friend's shoulder after a hike, and wrote, "We got separated from the rest of the group but we surrendered to a different path up and through these mountains and it was worth it. So lucky to share this time with you @minkak! You're a total bad-a** and inspiration."
Kelly has also been unlucky in love, splitting from Captain America star Chris Evans last year (14). The actress has also dated John Mayer and baseball hero Derek Jeter, among others.

Coldplay star Chris Martin has signed on to curate the Global Citizen Festival for the next 15 years. Martin's festival boss stint will officially kick off in September (15) on the Great Lawn of New York's Central Park when he stages a massive star-studded event to raise awareness about global hunger and poverty.
Announcing his new partnership with the Global Poverty Project CEO Hugh Evans and the festival's creative director Richard Curtis last week (ends13Feb15), the rocker told Billboard.com he turned to Live Aid pioneer Bob Geldof for advice on how to make the annual event a big deal and a big awareness and fund raiser.
He said, "I spoke to Bob and said, 'How can we help?' Everyone has this togetherness vision, which sounds a little hippie at first, but the more you think about it, the more it makes sense. The reason we wanted to get involved with (Global Citizen) was because they include everybody."

Actor Chris Pratt embraced the wacky shenanigans of the Harvard University drama group on Friday (06Feb15) as he was honoured as the 2015 Hasty Pudding Man of the Year. The Guardians of the Galaxy star donned a sleek black tuxedo for the bash at the school's Cambridge, Massachusetts campus, where he was roasted by members of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals club.
Pratt joined in the fun by donning a sequined bra over his suit and showing off his lap dancing skills at the request of a student dressed in drag.
He also channelled his Parks and Recreation character Andy Dwyer's alter ego, Johnny Karate, and happily chopped slabs of wood with his hands and his head.
Speaking at the event, Pratt said, "I'm just having the best time. This has been a truly remarkable day."
The actor spent the earlier part of his day greeting kids at Boston's Christopher's Haven children's cancer facility after losing a Super Bowl wager with his fellow Marvel movie superhero Chris Evans.
Pratt was feted a week after his Parks and Recreation co-star Amy Poehler received a one-of-a-kind Massachusetts homecoming when she was honoured as the 2015 Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year.

Actor Chris Pratt delighted fans at a children's cancer facility in Boston, Massachusetts on Friday (06Feb15) by making good on his promise to visit sick patients after losing a Super Bowl bet with pal Chris Evans. Pratt showed up at Christopher's Haven dressed in his Guardians of the Galaxy character's costume and posed for photos with the kids, alongside Captain America star Evans.
The pair shared snaps from the day out with fans online, and in one image Evans proudly holds up a New England Patriots jersey as Seattle Seahawks fan Pratt pulls a face for the cameras.
Pratt reluctantly donned the jersey later on during the visit, and, in a statement issued to the New York Daily News, he writes, "I honored my end of the bet from the Twitterbowl.
"Wasn't easy to wear a Patriots jersey, but it was so great to visit the sweet kids and their families at Christopher's Haven Boston with Chris Evans."
The Marvel movie superheroes are also planning to treat kids at Pratt's favourite charity, the Seattle Children's Hospital, to a special visit, even though the actor lost the friendly wager.
The bet helped to raise an extra $27,000 (£16,875) for the two organisations.
The Patriots beat the Seahawks in last weekend's (01Feb15) Super Bowl.

Co-starred opposite Michael Cera in the feature film adaptation of the comic book "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World"

Summary

Actor Chris Evans began his acting career in typical fashion, but it was his rapid rise to stardom which was unusual. Bitten by the acting bug in the first grade, Evans started out appearing in school plays and theater camp; from there it was a quick jump to local community theater, and later, an internship for a casting office. Once Evans made friends with a few agents on the job, it was a straight shot to television and blockbuster features. One of the more talented of the fair-haired, pretty-boy actors to emerge in the early years of the new millennium, Evans scored with roles in a succession of high-profile releases. His most famous part, however, came in 2005 when he was tapped to play the role of the Human Torch in director Tim Story's adaptation of the Marvel Comics classic "The Fantastic Four" and its subsequent sequel, "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" (2007). By the time he starred in "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World" (2010) and as "Captain America: The First Avenger" (2011), Evans was a star assured of accomplishing even greater things.

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His brother, actor Scott Evans, was openly gay. Chris Evans expressed his support for his brother and the gay community.

"I never get recognized. I've been stopped maybe, maybe five times in my life and it's always like, 'Did we go to school together?'" – Evans to Movieline's Hollywood Life, May/June 2005

"Pride's a dangerous thing. I really don't think I have any." – Evans to Interview magazine, May 2007

"I really like playing supporting roles. I wish I could think of a good analogy - it's a different ride. You get to play your role and then you get to step back a little bit. It's different than playing the guy who's front and center." – quoted in Empire, June 2010